Large Chinese Ming Green-Glazed Terracotta Figure

MING DYNASTY, 1368-1644 A.D. OR LATER

30 1/2 in. (7.8 kg, 77.5 cm high).

Ceramic figure comprising three elements: part-glazed head with painted detailing, tall square-section cap; green- and olive-glazed body in floor-length robe, hands raised to the chest holding a lamb; hexagonal-section hollow-formed base.

Provenance

Ex West Country collection, Bath, 1990s.

CONDITION

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LOT 1646